Cheapest€66.73
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG492117:0125h 51m18:52Rodoviária de PetrolinaCaju
Door to door 26h 35mCO2 47.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro start at €66.73 and take 23h 48m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro starts at €66.73 and takes 23h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,758 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 23h 48mDoor to door
- 23h 4mMoving
- €93.68 to €240.53From
- 06:47 to 17:01First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 47.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€93.68 to €240.53 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro on your date, and you pay on their side.
See Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro on Bookaway
Partner link. We do not sell this ticket, and we earn nothing from this one.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €240.53Sat19
- about €161.33Sun20
- about €145.38Mon21
- about €115.13Tue22
- about €120.08Wed23
- about €149.78Thu24
- about €136.03Fri25
- about €115.68Sat26
- about €102.48Sun27
- about €104.68Mon28
- about €93.68Tue29
- about €104.68Wed30
- about €106.33Thu1
- about €120.08Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Fastest€71.13
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG840411:5423h 4m10:58Rodoviária de PetrolinaCaju
Door to door 23h 48mCO2 47.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €66.73 | 23h 35m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Rio de Janeiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Estação Penha and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Search Rio de Janeiro on Booking.com
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €91.4890 days
- €55.7360 days
- €62.3345 days
- €80.4830 days
- €86.5321 days
- €120.0814 days
- €136.037 days
- €145.383 days
- €240.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €55.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 332 percent. The dearest point is €240.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €102.48Sun
- €104.68Mon
- €93.68Tue
- €104.68Wed
- €106.33Thu
- €120.08Fri
- €115.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Petrolina
Coach
- Rodoviária de Petrolina
- Rodoviária de Juazeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,758 km against 1,529 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Leopoldina, Caratinga, Itaobim, Governador Valadares. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Petrolina at 06:47 and the last at 17:01, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro takes 23h 48m door to door, of which 23h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 1,758 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro starts at €66.73 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €71.13. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro?
1 operators run the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 7 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Rodoviária de Petrolina and arrives at Caju. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €55.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 332 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro produces about 47.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1758 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 23h 48m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Petrolina to Rio de Janeiro on 18 September 2026: 1758 km of route against 1529 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €66.73, and 23h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Rio de Janeiro to Petrolina busCompare every mode from Petrolina to Rio de JaneiroAbreu e Lima to Rio de Janeiro busAdamantina to Rio de Janeiro busAfogados da Ingazeira to Rio de Janeiro busAfonso Cláudio to Rio de Janeiro busAgrestina to Rio de Janeiro busÁgua Clara to Rio de Janeiro busAlagoa Grande to Rio de Janeiro busAlagoinhas to Rio de Janeiro busAlegre to Rio de Janeiro busAlém Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro busAlfenas to Rio de Janeiro busAlto Araguaia to Rio de Janeiro bus
Being on the water gives Rio de Janeiro a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Rio de Janeiro in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
See Rio de Janeiro on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.